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A. KIMBBR. MAIL POUCH DELIVERBR.

No. 460,932. Patented Oct. 6, 1891.

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MAIL POUCH DELIVBRER.

No. 460,932. Patented Oct. 6, 1891.

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NITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

ABRAHAM KIMBER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

MAIL-POUCH DELIVERER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,932, dated October 6, 1891.

Application filed August 3, 1891. Serial No. 401,553. (No model.) i

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Beit known that I, ABRAHAM KIMBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MailPouch Deliverers, of which the following` is a specification.

My said invention relates to an improved constructionland arrangement ot' an apparatus at a station for delivering' mail-pouches to postal cars without the use of catching hooks, as will be hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

This application is a companion case to my application, Serial No. 401,041, tiled July 29, 1891, wherein the subject-matter hereof is shown and described but not claimed, and the subject-matter of which application is also herein shown and briefly described but not claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure l is a perspective view of one side of a railway postal car equipped with the portion of my apparatus belonging thereto which forms the subject-matter of my other application above named, and the portionalongside the track, which forms the subjectmatter hereof, being also shown in perspective; Fig. 2, a horizontal sectional view through the postal car, showing the apparatus alongside the track in top plan; Fig. 3, a detail transverse section through said car, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows from the dotted line 3 3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a detailed vertical section through the upper portion of the post to which the mechanism alongside the track is attached, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows from the dotted line 4 4 in Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a horizontal section looking in the direction indicated by the arrows from the dotted line 5 5 in Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 a detailed transverse section through the top of the post, lookingin the direction indicated by the arrows from the dotted line 6 6 in Fig. 4.

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the postal car, and B the post supporting the apparatus alongside the track.

The postal car A is in general of a usual construction and has a receptacle A beneath its {ioor for receiving pouches from the apparatus at the station, its front being open and its walls being preferably formed of flexible or yielding material, such as wire-cloth, as shown. Said car is also provided with a receptacle A2, having an uprighta', which upright is pivoted to the car on a pivot CL2 and projects up through the floor and has a horizontal arm a4 hinged to its upper end, which extends out through an opening in the side of the car in position to strike the top of the post B as the car passes and be operated thereby, a block a5 being inserted behind said arm under a clip attached to the' rear edge of the upright for holding said horizontal arm rigid when desired. A trap-door a is provided in the floor of the car to afford access to the receptacle A', and asimilar opening or door may also be provided to afford access to the receptacle A2, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. A spring a2 is also attached to the rear side of the receptacle at one end and to a portion of the car at its other, being thus adapted to normally hold said receptacle in an upright position. A double cam-face strip A3 is also attached to the side of the car for operating the apparatus supported by the post, as will be presently described.

The post B is suitably braced and supported inl proper position alongside the track, preferably in the edge of the station-platform, its top portion B beinghinged thereto by a hinge b on its rear side. Said top is held in a vertical position when desired by means of a hasp Z2 or other suitable means. The top ot said post is formed with a double cam-face, being high in its center and tapered downward in each direction therefrom. On each side of the post are located the receptacles B2 and B3, respectively, with their open sides adjacent to the post, and formed tapered from their rear sides forward in a Idirection away from said post, thus forming a wider opening with an inclosed rear side, which will more readily receive the pouches and guide vthem into the receptacles. Said receptacles also preferably converge from the opening toward their outer ends, the back and rear sides being formed tapered or curved toward each other. Thus as a pouch is caught its speed or force is overcome gradually as it ICO and a cam'b4 onits other end, said end bear-V ing the cam being normally held forward by a spring b5, interposed between the rear edge of said arm and the back of the notch. Said pocket or receptacle b3 is of suitable form to receive and hold a pouch to be delivered to thepostal car, its front being open and its` rear side being closed. Said receptacle and also .the'receptacles B2 and B3 are formed with closed tops, and are thus adapted to protect the pouches when therein. f

`The operation of my said invention i's as follows: Suppose the cai' shown in I ig. 1 tobe going in the 'direction toward the left in said figure and the parts being in the position shown. The arin CL4 on the upright ct of the receptacle A2 on the car strikes the `cam-faced top of the post B as' theoar passes, riding over the same and thus operating to throw said receptacle outward Suddenly `andwith suffi- 'cient force totoss the pouch contained therein into the vreceptacle B3 on the side of the post toward which the car is moving. Said pouch, striking the rear wall of said receptacle, is guided by its inclinedform towithin its covered portion, its force being gradually overcome by the converging sides thereof. The pouch and its contentswill thus be protected from the weather until taken therefrom by the proper official. At substantially the same time the irst cam on the strip A3 on the car strikes the cani b4 on the end of the horizontal arm B4, throwing its opposite en d bearin g the receptacle bforward with a quick motion, which operates to throw the pouch contained therein into the receptacle A on the postal car. When going in the opposite direction, Fig. l illustrates the position of the parts just after the cam AB has operated Ythe pivoted arm B4 and thrown the pouch from the receptacle b3 into the receptacle A. The car proceeding, the projecting end of the arm a4 will strike the cam on the top ofy the post B, which will throw the pouch in the receptacle A2 into the receptacle B2 on the opposite side of the post `in the samemanner as before described. After the train has passed, the

top of the post may be turned back out of the way of other trains.

Having thussfully described my said inven tion, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a mail-pouch-delivering apparatus, a device for delivering pouches to the car, consisting of a horizontal arm mounted on a suitable support alongside the track and adapted to oscillate when operated, a receptacle for holdingpouches to be' delivered being secured on one endof said arm and a cam formation being provided on its other end,

"said arm being mounted to extend in the gen eral direction of the track,the cam end being only sufficiently forward of the other end to bring said cam'into that position whereit f will be struck and thrown back by a projecting c am 'on the side of the car 'as said car passes', whereby the end carry ing the receptable containing the pouch is thrownforw'ard to deliver said pouch to said cfar, and means, substantially as described, fornormally inaintaining s'aid arm in such position;

In a mail-pouch-delivering apparatus, the combination of thepostal car, a receptacle beneath its iioor to receive the pouch, a post arranged alongside the car, a horizontal arm mounted onavertical pivot in said post, said arm being provided with areceptacle or pocket on one of its ends and with a cam on its other, aspringarranged to hold said canifo'rward, and a cam mounted on the side of the car in position to strike said cam on the Iend of said pivoted arm and operate it, substantially as set forth; .y v A 3. In a inail-pouch-delivering apparatus, the combination of the VcarUhaving a receptacle to receive pouches, and theV apparatus alongside the track for delivering pouches thereto, consisting of the post B, having the hinged topB, the' horizontal arm B4, pivoted 'on avertical pivot in said hinged part, the

receptacle b3 on one'end of said horizontal arm, the cam b4 on' the other end of said horizontal arm, and means, substantially as described, on the car for operating said arm, all substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto setmy hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this ABRAHAM KIMBER. [L s] Witnesses:

E. W. BRADFORD; J. A. WALSH.

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